Java Utililty Methods String to Date

List of utility methods to do String to Date

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Method

DatestringToDate(String datecontent, String format)

Description:Get the date according to specific String content The default format is "yyyy-MM-dd" 

if (format == null || format.equals(""))
    format = "yyyy-MM-dd";
try {
    SimpleDateFormat bartDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
    Date date = bartDateFormat.parse(datecontent);
    return date;
} catch (ParseException pe) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
...
DatestringToDate(String dateStr)
string To Date 
try {
    if (dateStr != null)
        return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").parse(dateStr);
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    System.gc();
return null;
...
DateStringToDate(String dateStr)
String To Date 
SimpleDateFormat sdf = null;
Date date = null;
if (dateStr.length() > 10) {
    if (dateStr.indexOf("T") > -1) {
        dateStr = dateStr.replace("T", " ");
    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
} else {
...
DatestringToDate(String dateStr)
Converts a String with format DateUtils.DATE_FORMAT to a Date. 
if (dateStr == null)
    return null;
try {
    return DATE_FORMAT.parse(dateStr);
} catch (ParseException ex) {
    return null;
DatestringToDate(String dateStr, SimpleDateFormat dateFormat)
string To Date 
Date date = dateFormat.parse(dateStr);
return date;
java.util.DateStringtoDate(String dateStr, String format)
Stringto Date 
Date d = null;
SimpleDateFormat formater = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
try {
    formater.setLenient(false);
    d = formater.parse(dateStr);
} catch (Exception e) {
    d = null;
return d;
DatestringToDate(String dateString)
string To Date 
if (dateString == null || dateString.trim().length() == 0)
    return null;
String datestr = dateString.trim();
String sf = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
Date dt = stringToDate(datestr, sf);
if (dt == null)
    dt = stringToDate(datestr, "yyyy-MM-dd");
if (dt == null)
...
DatestringToDate(String dateString)
String to Date. 
Date date = null;
LinkedList<SimpleDateFormat> formats = new LinkedList<>();
formats.add(new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
formats.add(new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
formats.add(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"));
formats.add(new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm"));
for (SimpleDateFormat sdf : formats) {
    try {
...
DatestringToDate(String dateString)
string To Date 
try {
    return new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_STORAGE_FORMAT, Locale.ENGLISH).parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException pex) {
    return new Date(0L);
DatestringToDate(String dateString)
string To Date 
String sf = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
Date dt = stringToDate(dateString, sf);
return dt;